We Got The Whole 9

800 touches in 3 years is not a lot at all...it isn't?! No, not really. David Montgomery had 267 which if done for 3 years would be 801. He was 12th in the NFL. I know times have changed. The red flag number used to be like 375 or so just a decade ago. But 265ish is far from being worrisome. In the same tier you'll find Jacobs, Hyde, Mack, Kamara - I don't see anyone worrying about their workloads. 2015 would be the last season that would fall into the top 10 (9th)

Interested to know why, I don’t have a huge opinion either way I would be iffy about signing any RB who already has 3-4 seasons worth of mileage on his body. Fournette is at the low end of that range, but still, most RB's break down quickly 800 touches in 3 years is not a lot at all

IIRC we were incredibly high on Correa and thought we could get him, the Astros had a scout at some game/showcase that wasn’t even there to watch him but saw Correa and they fell in love. But Theo was pretty confident we had a really good shot at Correa if the Astros didn’t snipe him. Raisin told me this I believe. Still had him too high though But I believe that story https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/chicago-cubs/how-cubs-almost-landed-carlos-correa-their-franchise-shortstop

They have a team wRC+ of 68. Please shut them the horsefeathers down.

Interested to know why, I don’t have a huge opinion either way Hes more built for the power scheme, would be my guess. Before last year I would have just said the same, that he's a North South bruiser and nothing more... but then he went and caught 76 passes after combining for 58 his first 2 years. He didn't turn out huge yardage with them or set a career high in catch rate, but thats still an added dimension to his game, proving there might be more untapped potential. His ypc also had a nice uptick. Im interested. I think he's overrated but we can surely use him.

He was Theo's first pick. Oh I know. But his profile was like a Hendry type. Thats what I meant.

Such a Hendry selection. It really surprised me when Theo was so high on this dude.

I really want Marte. Add more guys that bring a different dynamic to the offense. He won't walk and he does chase more than i like but he also won't whiff, has plenty of power, and something we really need IMO- speed. This station to station offense gets very stagnant. Hes usually very efficient as a base stealer, 75% on his career and hasn't slowed down, notching 58 over the last 2 seasons. Plus he knows the division well and we'd have an option for next year. Hope we can land him.

11 unintentional walks + 2 HBP in 45 batters faced I'd rather give a guy like Rea a chance in a pinch. At least he won't beat himself.

How ill always remember him

Well, TLS and Castellanos thrived last year also. Its really a meaningless sss. Dom Smith and Clint Frazier are having coming out parties also but let's see these guys produce like this during a 6 month slog before we give much credence to it.

Hey but they've mastered the rollover grounder on outside pitches That is, when they make contact These guys horsefeathering suck

Apparently we are talking to DET about Maybin Career 85 wRC+ Vs LHP 2019 96 2018 80 2017 73 What in the world

Just get everybody's favorite pinniped back Dude has 15 BB to 7 K and 12 XBH Absolute no-brainer

Yeah Mooney said they basically don't view Carraway or Marquez as viable options this year

Just read it too. horsefeathers the Astros. I had kind of forgotten about that horsefeathers that Gurriel had done. And then 22 batters faced and 0 Ks... for Yu Darvish? And they all just yukked it up as they cheated their way to the title saying he was tipping pitches. Absolute joke of a championship.

Honestly they should grab Cody Reed too. Hes probably not any good but could be better than a couple clowns we have in the pen.

Gutless. Choking. Dogs. I'm kind of sick of them all but I cant give them up.

Fake rally in full effect

Willy should have caught that gimme popup. Know the park you're playing in. The foul ground is massive here.

You can't have a SBTB themed thread in a baseball forum and not have Jesse decking Eric

Man Acuna pulled a 97 mph pitch from Cole on the very outside edge of the plate 477 feet That dude is Ridiculous

Scouts are less necessary than they've ever been, but I think it's an extreme oversimplification to think that trackman and the like are replicating their work entirely. For one I'm not sure how universal coverage and data sharing is between various minor league parks and short season facilities. More importantly, scouts add value by understanding and articulating why an observable thing is happening so it's easy for teams to understand how repeatable/fixable it might be. Advanced data make the 'observable things' more specific and less noisy(e.g. exit velocity v. batting average), but there's still significant art in understanding what mechanics lead to those observable things, how they scale against better competition, and if there's opportunities for improvement/fixes. Where I think the biggest open question is, in a world with substantial video coverage of the minor leagues, how necessary is it for scouts to be in person to do that work? And if it's less necessary for scouts to be in person, are you able to get the same benefit with fewer scouts doing video analysis in a centralized manner. You are right in the oversimplification of my observation, but thats actually more along the line of where my thoughts are. I guess it just doesn't surprise me at all that they called in the Bob's and came to this conclusion, what with the smorgasbord of data and video available. I would think that over the last few years as this stuff became commonplace they probably started to see the writing on the wall (like in my line of work as a grocer, the self-checkout line is a growing, inevitable threat we are keenly aware of) and weren't necessarily blindsided Podesta-style. It sucks when anybody loses a job, unless its due to egregious incompetence or detrimental conduct, etc, but sadly thats the reality we live in. Efficiency is key, and like you said, they could possibly achieve comparable results even with a smaller staff. I have doubts that this is a COVID motivated move but rather the new norm.

This might be a totally stupid question to ask so rip away. But, MLB scouts- how necessary are they these days when we have Track man and such that totally blows away even the keenest eye tests? There's just so much information available that they could never provide. What are they even bringing to the table? Rip away.

Thats really amazing. Kudos to WillCo. Now if he could just make that type of drastic improvement in launch angle. More of those hard hit balls would find the seats.